Das Gutachten behandelt zunächst die polnische Wirtschaftsentwicklung des Jahres 1988, d.h. die gesamtwirtschaftlichen und sektoralen Ergebnisse sowie die binnen- und außenwirtschaftlichen Probleme. Danach werden die Reformvorstellungen des Jahres 1988 analysiert und insbesondere auf die...

Das Gutachten analysiert Konzept und erste Ergebnisse der neuen Wirtschaftspolitik unter Mazowiecki. Es folgen die Bilanz der schon eingeleiteten westlichen Wirtschaftshilfe und die Möglichkeiten und Rahmenbedingungen einer weiteren Unterstützung.

European Union countries have implemented widespread reforms to product markets in order to stimulate competition, innovation and economic growth. We provide empirical evidence that the reforms carried out under the EU Single Market Programme (SMP) were associated with increased product market...

The effect of 'locking-in' economic reform and enhancing its credibility is generally regarded as one of the most important potential effects of regional integration. Based on a detailed review of the theoretical debate, this paper develops a general framework for assessment to evaluate the...

This paper seeks to contribute to the ongoing controversy on the distributional effects of structural reforms in developing countries. Applying inequality indices and Fields’ (2001) decomposition methodology to Bolivian household survey data of the years 1989 to 1997, we identify recent trends...

El presente documento presenta una revisión de la reforma institucional en Bolivia entre 1982, año de la recuperación de la democracia, 1985, año de la aplicación de la economía de mercado y el año 2000. Es una revisión crítica asumiendo que la democracia y la economía de mercado no...

The gap between the per capita income of most Arab countries and that of advanced industrial countries has widened since the early 1990s. The economic growth performance of the Arab world has been weak by developing country standards, too. Yet, the diversity of growth patterns within this group...

Most Latin American countries have made considerable progress in implementing the core recommendations of the Washington Consensus. The comparison with fast-growing Asian countries shows, however, that higher and more broadbased growth can only be achieved with more comprehensive reforms which...